Vacation Student (Advanced Digital Engineering) Review
by Arup
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup
- 7. Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
Overview
My role is to contribute to the development of the software system the team is working on. We are using a Kanban board, and I am free to pick any tasks I feel I can get done. I can and do always ask team mates for help to figure things out together, and we also have a daily catch-up meeting at 9am, where we summarise the work done in the days prior.
Skills
I have learned about a new software application framework (Nest.js) and I have extensively been using and learning how to use Typescript (programming language, sort of) and Vue (frontend javascript framework). I am learning how a professional team functions within a software development lifecycle, and am thoroughly enjoying the experience.
Responsibilities
I have been given quite a bit of responsibility during the internship, in terms of the importance of the tasks that I have been assigned. And I have personally chosen to tackle important and challenging tasks, because I find that to be an effective way to learn and become a better programmer.
Support & Guidance
I have received as much support and guidance as I needed. There has never been a situation where I was not offered help when I asked for it.
Culture
The company culture is very positive, and so is the atmosphere. Everyone is very friendly, inclusive and supportive.
Your Impressions
I have enjoyed it very much, and I am glad to have worked with this software team. I have and am still learning a lot from each one of them, and I am very thankful for their support.
Yes
I would say to try making sure you are well prepared for an interview. Otherwise, be ready to learn a lot.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
Yorkshire and Humberside
August 2022
